diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java b/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java
index 01ea21f0..4c20ea28 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/ezgame/server/EZGameManager.java
@@ -605,6 +605,11 @@ public class EZGameManager extends GameManager
         // EZ games immediately resest to PRE_GAME after they end so that they can be restarted if
         // desired by having all players call playerReady() again
         _ezObj.setState(EZGameObject.PRE_GAME);
+
+        // untwiddle the round id if we ended the game in between rounds
+        if (_ezObj.roundId < 0) {
+            _ezObj.setRoundId(-_ezObj.roundId);
+        }
     }
 
     @Override